The Far Country [Blu-ray]

Director: Anthony Mann, Aaron Rosenberg Anthony Mann

Overview

One of the most entertaining of the Western movies to come out of the 1950s, this is a Stewart vehicle in which he must take on the ruthlessness of the frontier. Set in the Yukon, Stewart and his friends are driving cattle to market from Wyoming to Canada, where the boom towns pay top dollar for beef. When they arrive in Skagway, the corrupt sheriff of the town (John McIntire) steals the cattle and Stewart et al are forced to fight for their herd. Together with the female saloon keeper of another town (Ruth Roman), they find themselves up against an evil they were not prepared for. When Stewart's friend (portrayed by Walter Brennan) is killed, he is forced to go up against the evil sheriff. Good versus evil in incredible Yukon settings makes this an above average Western.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2021
UPC:	0760137751083
Original Release:	1954
Source:	Arrow Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	2,133

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Stewart	Jeff Webster
Walter Brennan	Ben Tatum,Man
Corinne Calvet	Renee Vallon
Ruth Roman	Ronda Castle
John McIntire	Sheriff Gannon
Jay C. Flippen	Marshal Rube Morris
Harry Morgan	Ketchum
Steve Brodie	Ives
Royal Dano	Luke
Gregg Barton	Rounds
Chubby Johnson	Dusty
Eddy Waller	Yukon Sam
Robert Foulk	Kingman
Eugene Borden	Doc Vallon
Allan Ray	Bosun
Connie Gilchrist	Hominy
Bob Wilke	Madden,Madden
Jack Elam	Newberry
Kathleen Freeman	Grits
Guy Wilkerson	Tanana Pete
Paul Bryar	Sheriff
Eddie Parker	Carson
Angeline Engler	Mrs. Kingman
Connie Van	Molasses
Stuart Randall	Capt. Benson
Jack Williams	Shep,Gant
Chuck Roberson	Latigo
Damian O'Flynn	2nd Mate
William Williams	Gant
John Halloran	Bartender
Carl Harbaugh	Sourdough
Charles Sweetlove	Porcupine Smith
John Doucette	Miner
Robert Bice	Miner
Paul Savage	Miner
James W. Horan	Miner
Gerard Baril	Miner
Ted Kemp	Miner
John Mackin	Miner
Dick Taylor	Miner
Dick Dickinson	Miner
Ted Mapes	Deputy
Len McDonald	Deputy
Jack Dixon	Deputy
Marjorie Stapp	Girl
Gene Holland	Girl,Girl
Don C. Harvey	Tom Kane
Donald Kerr	Barfly at the Castle Dawson
Terry Frost	Joe Merin
Henry Mancini	Composer
H.J. Salter	Composer
Herman Stein	Composer
Joseph Gershenson	Composer

Technical Credits

Borden Chase

Anthony Mann	Director
Borden Chase	Screenwriter
Aaron Rosenberg	Producer,Director
Leslie I. Carey	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The third collaboration of star James Stewart, writer Borden Chase, and director Anthony Mann, The Far Country (1955) features Stewart as a hard-edged cattleman turned miner who gets enmeshed in the corrupt forces threatening to take over a pioneer mining town. As far west as the Western can get, the Yukon environs of Dawson match the extremity of Stewart's loner Jeff; his close relationship with his partner Ben is the only sign of Jeff's humanity. Jeff may rethink his ways after a tragedy, but he joins the community via the disreputable avenue of revenge. Even though the community is worth saving, Chase neatly sums up the potential for venality with the observation that gold "drives a man crazy." More self-consciously stylized than Mann's other color westerns with Stewart, the film intersperses backdrops and rear projection with location shots, emphasizing the disjunction between Stewart and his surroundings, as he lives by his constant urge to move on rather than integrate himself. Although Stewart's moral redemption and relationship with a "good woman" may be schematic, the ironic, occasionally opaque dialogue injects The Far Country's action with a darkly humorous self-awareness that matches the striking yet slightly off-kilter visuals.